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Re:Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal' by dionidium on Monday April 25, 2016 @06:06PM (#11567769)
In general the idea of running things as a business is not to say they should be run at a profit, it's to say they should be run efficiently like a free competitive market typically does.

Sure, but the alternative to inefficient government spending on mass transit isn't some free market solution; it's inefficient spending on automobile infrastructure.

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Re:Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal' by randyrand on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @03:47PM (#11574990)
Or why not efficient government spending?

Do governments have to be inefficient? Can they be designed better?

In general, a free market competitive approach is always preferable where possible, but I think there is room to add better incentives in government as well.

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